Heaven's My Destination

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Classics, Humorous, Literary
Cover of the book Heaven's My Destination by Thornton Wilder, Harper Perennial
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Author: Thornton Wilder ISBN: 9780062232663
Publisher: Harper Perennial Publication: March 18, 2014
Imprint: Harper Perennial Language: English
Author: Thornton Wilder
ISBN: 9780062232663
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publication: March 18, 2014
Imprint: Harper Perennial
Language: English

Drawing on such unique sources as the author's unpublished letters, business records, and obscure family recollections, Tappan Wilder's Afterword adds a special dimension to the reissue of this hilarious tale about goodness in a fallen world.

Meet George Marvin Brush—Don Quixote come to Main Street in the Great Depression, and one of Thornton Wilder's most memorable characters. George Brush, a traveling textbook salesman, is a fervent religious convert who is determined to lead a good life. With sad and sometimes hilarious consequences, his travels take him through smoking cars, bawdy houses, banks, and campgrounds from Texas to Illinois—and into the soul of America itself.

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Drawing on such unique sources as the author's unpublished letters, business records, and obscure family recollections, Tappan Wilder's Afterword adds a special dimension to the reissue of this hilarious tale about goodness in a fallen world.

Meet George Marvin Brush—Don Quixote come to Main Street in the Great Depression, and one of Thornton Wilder's most memorable characters. George Brush, a traveling textbook salesman, is a fervent religious convert who is determined to lead a good life. With sad and sometimes hilarious consequences, his travels take him through smoking cars, bawdy houses, banks, and campgrounds from Texas to Illinois—and into the soul of America itself.

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